Previously, Stone served as psychology
instructor at Oklahoma State University and Redlands Community College in
El Reno, Okla., and as a research assistant at the University of Central
Oklahoma in Edmond.

In addition, she has served as a computer
analyst at Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Tulsa, a product support
specialist at Microsoft in Dallas, a technical support specialist at the
Attachmate Corporation in Bellevue, Wash., and a computer and
communications analyst in the U.S. Air Force.

She has conducted research in human and pet
interactions, animal learning/cognition, and founded Pet-Me Pets, an
animal visitation and therapeutic intervention program that provides pet
therapy to nursing home residents and physically and emotionally disabled
adults and children.

She has written several articles for
scholarly journals, authored a chapter on human and pet bonds, has given
dozens of presentations at academic conferences across the nation, and
volunteered for many organizations.

She will receive a doctoral degree in
experimental psychology from Oklahoma State University this month. She
received two master's degrees in experimental psychology, one from OSU
and the other from the University of Central Oklahoma, and a bachelor's
degree in business finance from the University of Central Oklahoma.